In the past couple of days, a couple of times, when I change to a new channel, I see a black screen, no program. This can affect all of the channels at once, but sometimes some channels will tune in while the rest are all black screen. The DVR is showing the normal menus on screen and is responding to the RC normally. It plays back programs normally, though a few programs have been recorded blank...when I play those few programs, a couple seconds after I press play, I see black screen, then see the Delete Now prompt that you see at the end of a normal recorded program.

When it's tuning into stations and showing a black screen, if I go into the Settings and view Satellite signals, then exit, the tuner begins to work again and all channels are back to normal. That remedy has worked.

I thought of weather but ours hasn't been bad. This has happened a few times over a few days, now.

Settings > Satellite

View Signal Strengths seem OK to me on the first two pages.... Unfortunately the phone agents don't know which Transponder signals my receiver doesn't use at all because of my region. Prior experience told me that the local installers know which pages of Signal Strength I need to totally ignore. The phone reps don't know this and were very alarmed about some Strength reports that had no bearing in this area.

The field tech repositioned my dish this year already.

Does anyone have a reference guide for geographic use of Satellites (and mapped to DVR type, if necessary)?

This problem has continued. The HR24 HD DVR repeatedly records programs that just show up as a black screen when you play them and then quickly display the "Delete Now" that you'd see at the end of watching a recorded program.

They have sent yet another HD DVR to replace mine. It's probably the 4th or 5th one I've had this year.

That's almost certainly a different issue, lcalamar. Best to start your own new thread with more details about your equipment and connections. If the audio continues, it's more likely and HDMI handshake issue.

I'm the OP and I'm interested to learn of another member who has a similar problem, although if the audio works for you, it's symptomatically different than mine. I think it's appropriate to mention your issue here and to also create your own thread with a specific description of your issue.

When this problem happens:

When I tune to a new channel, I get black screen, no audio. When the DVR records, it records black screen, no audio.